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| David Carden |
Kong Sothanarith, VOA Khmer | Phnom Penh
“Decreased corruption and strengthened law can help draw investors to a country.”
The US ambassador to Asean met with other regional leaders in Phnom
Penh on Tuesday, encouraging them to fight against corruption and
strengthen the rule of law in their countries.
Ambassador David Carden addressed about 70 officials from 10 Asean
countries as part of a seminar on legal information networks in the
region.
Decreased corruption and strengthened law can help draw investors to a country, Carden said.
“If outside investment comes from outside of Asean, or within Asean, Cambodia has to protect those investors,” he said. In the US, he said, “we
respect people who come in to invest in our country and create jobs for
our citizens, and we will protect them in the court.”
Asean groups nearly half a billion people together under 10
countries, which are seeking great economic unification. But observers
say some member countries are facing a challenging gap between the rich
and poor, and that different countries have differing levels of legal
structure.
Ang Vong Vathana, Cambodia’s justice minister, said Asean’s members
are better cooperating legally, but they have not yet fully developed an
integrated legal system.
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